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The Khakas-Altaian Mythonym Ker and the Proto-Yenissean Word for ‘Mammoth’. 2

open access: yesВопросы ономастики, 2023
The article continues the research on the names of mammoth or other mammoth-like monsters as characteristic elements of the mythological onomasticon of some Siberian traditions (Turkic, Yenissean, Tungusic).
Vladimir V. Napolskikh
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Founder effects identify languages of the earliest Americans

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 186, Issue 1, January 2025.
Abstract The known languages of the Americas comprise nearly half of the world's language families and a wide range of structural types, a level of diversity that required considerable time to develop. This paper proposes a model of settlement and expansion designed to integrate current linguistic analysis with other prehistoric research on the ...
Johanna Nichols
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Nanai argument structure: Russian influence

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2013
The paper investigates two classes of verbs in the Naikhin dialect of Nanai (Tungusic; spoken mostly in the Russian Far East) that demonstrate a certain instability with respect to their argument structure in a situation where there is contact with ...
Ksenia Shagal
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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies

open access: yesLanguage and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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Tense System of the Finite Indicative Forms in Tungusic from the Perspective of Areal Linguistics

open access: yes, 2022
The main objective of this paper is to examine the variation of tense system of finite indicative verb forms in Tungusic from the perspective of areal linguistics.
白, 尚燁
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Some Rare and Little-Known Military Terms from 17th-Century Mongol Chronicles Revisited

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2023
Goals. The study attempts etymological analyses of several rare military terms attested in 17th-century Mongol chronicles. The following terms are specifically touched upon in the article: aγuraγ ~ aγuruγ ‘base camp’, bayirildu- ‘to battle each other ...
Pavel O. Rykin
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Toponyms of the Manchu Literary Work - The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article studies Manchu toponymy. The main emphasis is laid on the study of the toponyms mentioned in the 1743 Manchu literary work “Han-i araha Mukden-i fuǯurun bithe”, or The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor.
A. B. Lidzhiev
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Grammatical Similarities between North Tungusic and Kolyma Yukaghir

open access: yes, 2020
Tungusic is a language family widely distributed across the Russian and Chinese territories. Due to its geographical distribution, Tungusic is known to have been or be in contact with a variety of neighboring languages such as Turkic, Yukaghir, Russian ...
白, 尚燁
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The oldest layer of Amuric-Tungusic lexical contacts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Research on the interaction of the Amuric languages (referred to as “Nivkh” or “Ghilyak” when regarded as a single language) with the Tungusic languages was initiated by Grube (1892).
Knapen, Martijn Gerardus Theodorus Maria
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